Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science explained

Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
Awarded For:	"Meritorious Service to Science"
Presenter:	Columbia University, National Academy of Sciences
Sponsor:	Frederick A. P. Barnard
Country:	International

The Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science was established in 1889 by the will of Columbia University president Frederick A. P. Barnard, and has been awarded by Columbia University, based on recommendations by the National Academy of Sciences, every five years since 1895.^[1] It is not to be confused with the Barnard Medal of Distinction.^[2]

Winners

• 1895 - John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, William Ramsay
• 1900 - Wilhelm Röntgen^[3]
• 1905 - Henri Becquerel^[4]
• 1910 - Ernest Rutherford^[5]
• 1915 - William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg
• 1920 - Albert Einstein
• 1925 - Niels Bohr^[6]
• 1930 - Werner Heisenberg
• 1935 - Edwin Hubble^[7]
• 1940 - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie
• 1945 - No award^[8]
• 1950 - Enrico Fermi
• 1955 - Merle Tuve
• 1960 - I. I. Rabi
• 1965 - William Alfred Fowler
• 1970 - No award
• 1975 - Louis Plack Hammett
• 1980 - André Weil
• 1985 - Benoit Mandelbrot
• 1990 - No award
• 1995 - No award
• 2000 - No award
• 2005 - No award
• 2010 - No award

Establishment of the Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science

In awarding the Barnard Medal in 1910 President Butler of Columbia University said :

See also

• • List of general science and technology awards List of physics awards

Notes and References

1. Report on the F. A. P. Barnard Medal. Annual Report - National Academy of Sciences. 1908. 67. 28 October 2014.
2. WikiCU (Columbia University). Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
3. News: Award of Barnard Medal. 28 October 2014. Columbia Daily Spectator. XLIII. 57. 23 May 1900.
4. Award of the Barnard Medal. Science . New Series. June 23, 1905. 21. 547. 965–966. 1629898. 10.1126/science.21.547.965-a. 17818018. 37381218 .
5. News: Butler Scientists' Host: Brilliant Gathering at Athenaeum as Rutherford Receives Columbia Medal. 28 October 2014. The New York Times. July 1, 1910.
6. News: Barnard Medal Goes to Research Scientist. 28 October 2014. Columbia Daily Spectator. XLIX. 142. 27 April 1925.
7. Barnard Medal Award. Report of the National Academy of Sciences. 1935. 13. 28 October 2014.
8. Book: Annual Report of the National Academy of Sciences. 1957. National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D.C.. 203. 1960.